By Donna Hales and Wendy Burton, Phoenix Staff Writer
The Muskogee Phoenix
Sat May 07, 2011, 10:29 PM CDT
Business is booming in Muskogee — at least on Shawnee Bypass.
Shawnee Bypass to Walmart or Main Street and U.S. 69 is where the main interest is for big developers, said City Manager Greg Buckley.
The amount of traffic in that area is tremendous, with 21,436 vehicles passing between 11th and 15th Streets on Shawnee Bypass daily, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
“Most of our development contacts that are looking at Muskogee are focusing on the Shawnee corridor and along U.S. 69, by that intersection,” Buckley said.
And bringing in more business means bringing in more sales tax revenue for the city and more jobs for the people of Muskogee.
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